Wichita eagle., 1887-09-18
POINTS OF SUPERIORITY
Wherein Lies wichtta's Wealth and Wonderful
Works.

| Many people can only arrive at q satisfac-
tory or final conclusion through the medium
or process of comparisons. OF absolute state
ments they have no real comprehension. The
statement that a big steer had been discov-
cred in some back county weighing twelve
thousand pounds would bring out no partie-
ular comment or attract little notice, but ii
| followed by thu declaration that the said
steer was of the exact weight and size of the
big elephant Jumbo" everybodys compre-
hension would be stimulated with desire to
see steer as ''big as the side OF a house. Z
| And so, in setting forth in figures and state
Inents the greatness of Wichita, the great
ma ority of people ct distance utterly fail
| to grasp this city's points Of superiority. To
aid such in gaining proper estimate
Of this new western wonder we
catalogue LIST Of comparisons. The simple
truth viii be strictly adhered to so that any
seeker for general information need find nc
difficulty in arriving at a reliable conclusion
| as to how great the new metropolis OF the
! west is. To begin:
| Wichita is the largest city in Kansas.
Wichita is the county seat of the wealth
lest county in Kansas.
| Wichita has the greatest number Of public
school buildings of any city in Kansas.
| Wichita has the greatest number OF uni
versities and colleges of any city in Kansas
or any city in the world of its size.
aWichita has greater numbe of churches
than any city in Kansas.
Wichita has more costly public buildings
and finer residences than any city ID Kansas.
| Wichita has more miles of graded streets
than any city in Kansas.
Wichita has more miles of electric wires
and greater number of lights than any city
| in Kansas
| Wichita has more miles of street railway
more miles of telephone wires, more bridge;
and boulevard drives than any city in the
state of Kansas.
| Wichita does more wholesale business thar
any city in the state of Kansas.
| Wichita has greater number of manu-,
factories and industries than any city in
Kansas.
| Wichita has more acres of stock yard:
covered than any city in Kansas.
| Wichita has more railroads than any city
in Kansas.
Wichita has more banks and greater
banking capital than any city in Kansas.
Wichita has more people on her streets
more private carriages, and more miles Of
fine streets than any city in Kansas.
| Wichita has more and finer buildings il
course of construction than any ten cities il
| Kansas.
Wichita is the largest city of her age in the
| United States.
| Wichita is the most enterprising and bes
| advertised city in the United States.
Wichita erected in the past year more
buildings than any city of her age and sizt
in the United States.
! Wichita has less mortality than any city
of which reports are published in the United
States.
Wichita's clearing house reports show th'
largest average increase of business of any
city in the United States.
These are few points of comparison OF {
city which will soon have 100000 people
which will Soon be the largest manufactur
ing city in the west, which will be the great
est beef and pork packing city in the ives
and which, in short, is destined to soon becom
the great commercial center Of the creates
agricultural and live stock region of tn
trans Missouri.